Originally Posted by
shanshan
With Continental or Delta I figured I could transfer my American Express points over to just buy Elite access.
If it were that easy, everyone would be elite! Halothane is right, with few exceptions EQM's come from BIS. There are, however, a few credit card deals that can get you the odd 5K or 10K EQM's if you spend enough in a year. That is a starter toward top tier but you still need 90K or so BIS.